Senior Resident Medical Officer – Rehabilitation and Palliative Care, Mona Vale Hospital and the Adolescent and Young Adult Hospice
Employment Type: Temporary Various
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: CAM29962
An exciting opportunity to join the medical team at Mona Vale Hospital.
The Rehabilitation and Palliative Care SRMO is responsible for assessment of patients in the Assessment and Rehabilitation Unit, Beachside Rehabilitation Unit, Palliative Care Unit, Mona Vale Hospital and The Adolescent and Young Adult Hospice and for their ongoing day to day management under the direction of the Attending Medical Officer.
The SRMO will work alongside Advanced Trainees and junior medical staff in Geriatrics, Rehabilitation Medicine and Palliative Care.
Mona Vale Hospital
Mona Vale Hospital is a subacute facility providing the following services:
24 bed Assessment and Rehabilitation Unit (ARU) for Geriatric Rehabilitation
26 bed Beachside Rehabilitation Unit (BRU) for General Rehabilitation, Stroke and Amputees
20 bed Palliative Care and Geriatric Assessment and Management Unit
24/7 Urgent Care Centre, treating patients with minor injury and illnesses
Community Health Centre
The hospital is located in a beautiful beachside setting, is accessible via Public Transport or alternately offers free parking for those using their own transport and is close to shopping centres and other community / social facilities.
For more information https://www.nslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/MonaVale/Pages/default.aspx
The Adolescent and Young Adult Hospice is an 8 bed facility which provides a statewide service for young people between the ages of 16 and 30 years and who have a life limiting illness.
What you'll be doing
The primary purpose of the role is to provide effective medical services to patients under supervision in a complex clinical environment. The Rehabilitation/Palliative Care /Aged Care Senior Medical Officer (SRMO) is the key person who works closely with all members of a multi-disciplinary team and deals with matters of an urgent or sensitive nature, whilst exercising discretion, sensitivity and maintaining confidentiality. Decision making and supervision will be at the appropriate level according to the SRMO skills, knowledge and experience. They will be expected to adopt a progressively more independent approach to patient management according to their experience, under the guidance of and at the discretion of the appropriate Attending Medical Officer (AMO). All patients managed within the hospitals of the health service are under the direct care of a specialist medical practitioner. All decisions regarding a patient’s care are to be clearly communicated with the specialist responsible for that care.
The position rotates through terms in Aged Care Rehabilitation, Stroke Rehabilitation, Palliative Care, Adolescent / Young Adult Palliative Care and Relief
